http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/06/marine-heavy-armor-highlights-exercise-javelin-thrust-060912w/ Heavy armor highlights Javelin Thrust exercise By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Jun 9, 2012 10:06:16 EDT This summer’s brigade-level training exercise known as Javelin Thrust will inject an element sure to excite Marines: maneuver across the desert with battle tanks and heavy firepower. For most of the past decade, the Corps’ focus had been on preparing units for counterinsurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. But in this year’s version of Javelin Thrust — the largest U.S. training exercise for Marine Forces Reserve — officials with I Marine Expeditionary Force will emphasize combined arms training with heavy armor, direct and indirect fire, and close-air support. The exercise, including the set up for field work, runs from June 29 to July 12. T...